Abstract:Non-ferrous metals are one of the important materials to promote the development of modern industry， modern national defense and modern science and technology. They are known as the “food” of industry. They are essential raw materials for the production and life of human society and play a pivotal role in the national economy. Copper， zinc， gold， rare and precious metals and other nonferrous metals are widely used in chemistry， industry， biology and other disciplines， and play an important role in the petrochemical industry， coal chemical industry， biomedicine， aerospace and other fields. With the expanding demand for non-ferrous metals， the development of non-ferrous metal-based new materials is particularly important. This paper focused on the research progress of nonferrous metal-based nanomaterials， nonferrous metal-based monoatomic materials， and non-ferrous metal-based composites， reviewed the innovative applications of nonferrous metal-based nanomaterials and composites in chemical and biomedical fields. The research contents included non-ferrous metal-based catalysts， non-ferrous metal-based modified nanomaterials， non-ferrous metal-based monoatomic materials， non-ferrous metal-based composite materials， and proposed the problems in the research of non-ferrous metal-based nanomaterials and composite materials， and discussed the development trend of non-ferrous metal-based nanomaterials and composite materials.